- Gareth Porter explains how the War State won influence over Trump. [Link]
- White House releases immigration plan with a path to citizenship for 1.8 million. [Link]
- The Treasury Department sanctions six members of the Taliban/Haqqani Network. [Link]
- Gen. Bacevich explains why the new National Defense Strategy will not make Americans safer. [Link] Nicholas J.S. Davies explains how the NDS reflects an empire. [Link]
- Max Blumenthal describes how the US is arming Nazi’s in Ukraine. [Link]
- Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson resigns from a refugee panel on the Rohingya crisis over concerns the panel is whitewashing the crimes of the Myanmar military. [Link]
- South Korea’s Foreign Minister says war with North Korea is not an option. [Link]
- The Treasury Department add new sanctions on North Korea. [Link]
- Sudanese families were sent videos of their relatives being detained and tortured in Libya. The men who sent the video are looking for ransom from the families. [Link]
- A Libyan military commander is accused of carrying out the extrajudicial execution of nine suspected Islamists. [Link]
- Elijah Magnier on the history of Iran tensions with the US. [Link]
- Iran’s Navy stops maneuvering around USS Navy ships near Iran. [Link]
- IS fighters attack a Save the Children office in Afghanistan. Three workers were killed, and the group will halt operations in Afghanistan. [Link]
- Israel looks to expand its influence into Syria. [Link]
- The YPG is asking Assad to defend Afrin from Turkey. [Link]
- Turkey threatens to attack US troops supporting the YPG. [Link]
- A US airstrike in eastern Syria kills at least 13. [Link]
- The Houthi have freed a US citizen who has been detained in Yemen. [Link]
- Saudi aid package to Yemen is insufficient to resolve the humanitarian crisis. [Link]
